Erugocentrus

Erugocentrus; Temporal range: Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Suborder:	Holocentroidei
Genus:	† Erugocentrus ; Radovcic, 1975
Species:	†E. illyricus
Binomial name
	†Erugocentrus illyricus; Radovcic, 1975

Last updated May 28, 2025

Erugocentrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, E. illyricus, known from Turonian-aged sediments of Hvar Island, Croatia. It may be a potential relative of Holocentroidei.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
↑ Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi: 10.18435/B5CC78 . ISSN 2292-1389.
↑ Gallo-Da-Silva, Valéria; De Figueiredo, Francisco J. (1999-06-14). "Pelotius hesselae, gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei: Holocentridae) from the Cretaceous (Turonian) of Pelotas Basin, Brazil" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (2): 263–270. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011140. ISSN 0272-4634.
↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-21.

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[sepkoskidb-1] 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[2] Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi: 10.18435/B5CC78 . ISSN 2292-1389.

[3] Gallo-Da-Silva, Valéria; De Figueiredo, Francisco J. (1999-06-14). "Pelotius hesselae, gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei: Holocentridae) from the Cretaceous (Turonian) of Pelotas Basin, Brazil" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (2): 263–270. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011140. ISSN 0272-4634.

[4] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-21.

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